Nehemiah 1:3 “And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the…”

Nehemiah 1:3

And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

World English Bible

They said to me, “The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”

American Standard Version

Geneva Bible 1599

And they sayde vnto me, The residue that are left of the captiuitie there in the prouince, are in great affliction and in reproche, and the wall of Ierusalem is broken downe, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire.

Darby Translation

And they said to me, Those who remain, that are left of the captivity there in the province, are in great affliction and reproach; and the wall of Jerusalem is in ruins, and its gates are burned with fire.

Young's Literal Translation

and they say to me, 'Those left, who have been left of the captivity there in the province, [are] in great evil, and in reproach, and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burnt with fire.'

Bible in Basic English

They said to me, The small band of Jews now living there in the land are in great trouble and shame: the wall of Jerusalem has been broken down, and its doorways burned with fire.

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Cross references

“the province”

Nehemiah 7:6 Ezra 5:8 Nehemiah 11:3 Ezra 2:1 Esther 1:1

Nehemiah 7:6 · BSB

These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,

Ezra 5:8 · BSB

Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. The people are rebuilding it with large stones and placing timbers in the walls. This work is being carried out diligent…

Nehemiah 11:3 · BSB

These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solom…

Ezra 2:1 · BSB

Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,

Esther 1:1 · BSB

This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.

“in great”

Psalm 44:11–14 Psalm 137:1–3 Isaiah 32:9–14 Lamentations 1:7 Lamentations 3:61 Lamentations 5:1

Psalm 44:11–14 · BSB

You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.

Psalm 137:1–3 · BSB

By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

Isaiah 32:9–14 · BSB

Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.

Lamentations 1:7 · BSB

In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her do…

Lamentations 3:61 · BSB

O LORD, You have heard their insults, all their plots against me—

Lamentations 5:1 · BSB

Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!

“reproach”

1 Kings 9:7 Psalm 79:4 Isaiah 43:28 Jeremiah 24:9 Jeremiah 29:18 Jeremiah 42:18

1 Kings 9:7 · BSB

then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.

Psalm 79:4 · BSB

We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.

Isaiah 43:28 · BSB

So I will disgrace the princes of your sanctuary, and I will devote Jacob to destruction and Israel to reproach.”

Jeremiah 24:9 · BSB

I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.

Jeremiah 29:18 · BSB

I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them.

Jeremiah 42:18 · BSB

For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object…

“the wall”

Nehemiah 2:17 2 Kings 25:10 Isaiah 5:5 Jeremiah 5:10 Jeremiah 39:8 Jeremiah 52:14

Nehemiah 2:17 · BSB

Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”

2 Kings 25:10 · BSB

And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

Isaiah 5:5 · BSB

Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.

Jeremiah 5:10 · BSB

Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.

Jeremiah 39:8 · BSB

The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 52:14 · BSB

And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.

Also

Nehemiah 2:13 Nehemiah 2:3

Nehemiah 2:13 · BSB

So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.

Nehemiah 2:3 · BSB

and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah. So I questioned them about the remnant of the Jews who had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.

4When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

Read Nehemiah 1